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The scary thing about trying to pinpoint this season’s very worst moment is, then you start thinking of ways that it could get worse. Like, say, if we get swept by the Marlins. Or, worse, if we were to lose all of our games against these wacky National Leaguers. Although we can take some small comfort in the fact that the Mets are kind of a train wreck as well. …

Here’s what this team excels at: they keep you guessing as to exactly how they are going to lose. Take Sunday’s game against the Yankees for instance; if you’re anything like me, you were spending the whole time thinking, how soon is Washburn going to blow this? And then, surprise! Turns out it wasn’t Washburn at all, it was the bullpen plus some wacky defensive hilarity! I didn’t see that one coming, they totally tricked me! …

I have been on a self-imposed blogging strike until Ichiro got his first spring training hit. But once I got the emails announcing this year’s commercials, I was thinking I might have to break it, because I have to comment on the commercials. But since when has Ichiro been the sort to let me down? The commercials came out on Wednesday night, and lo and behold, Ichiro got a hit on Thursday afternoon. Hurrah! He’s one for twenty-two folks, let the batting title chatter begin! And I’m only partly kidding. Oh look, in the time it took me to type that, he just got another hit against the Rockies. …

Okay, I’m about ready to begrudgingly put down my bad mood shield. It’s gonna take a while to get over the pain of the previous nine games- nine games! Gah!- but this was certainly a great big stride in the right direction. …

I need to get this figured out. Am I rooting for a winning team or a losing team? Because I will cheer my heart out either way, but I want to know what I’m getting into here. It’s way too taxing to switch gears halfway through the month. Or halfway through a game, for that matter. …

Wow, sorry to those of you that didn’t like the emotional tone of my last post. Yeah, it’s a really embarrassing story, that’s why it took me nearly three years to tell it to you. But you know me, that’s how I am about the Mariners. I’m a crazy idiot about them. I’m just giving it to you straight. To Ryan, who emailed me, I have to disagree that this proves I’m not a “real” fan, and I also disagree that I am the reason the Mariners don’t win. I’ve been a fan since before I was a housewife, and they weren’t winning then either! Ha ha! And seriously, if you’re a Yankees fan why would you even look at this blog? …

Surely you didn’t think I’d let Ichiro’s historic re-signing pass without a long, emotional post about how happy I am. This is one of the best days in recent Mariner history, and from a baseball perspective as well as a purely personal perspective, I am absolutely delighted. …

Some people don’t know what to do with themselves on a night without any baseball. Well, here’s my advice. Have a cocktail, and pat yourself on the back. Because you know what friend? We have survived some serious craziness these last couple of months. Now, I know that I am, by temperament, a mercurial gal. But seriously, this is not just me. Has there ever been a more up and down, roller coaster, insane first half to a season? How many times have we come this close to giving up on this thing, only to feel completely justified a few days later asserting that these guys are making a serious play for the post-season? This is the stuff of Cinderella stories, the kind they love so much during the post-season. No, this is the kind of season they could make a mini-series about. And we’ve lived it all. …

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